formicate
adj/ˈfɔː(ɹ)mɪkət/ · /fɔː(ɹ)ˈmaɪkət/
Etymology From Latin formīca (“ant”) + English -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
1
ant-like
formicate
verb/ˈfɔː(ɹ)mɪkeɪt/
Etymology From Latin formīca (“ant”) + English -ate (verb-forming suffix).
1
To move like ants.
- an open space which formicated with peasantry1853–1864, James Russell Lowell, “(please specify the page)”, in Fireside Travels, Boston, Mass.: Ticknor and Fields, published 1864, →OCLC:
2
To have a sensation like the movement of ants.